Connector, power, ports, pricing and access for every listing, date-stamped, with anything we couldn't confirm left off.
Santa Cruz has 6 hotels with charging data on this page, all offering Level 2 charging. None list free charging or DC fast on site, so plan overnight top-offs rather than quick fills. Nightly rates run from $186 at Hampton Inn Santa Cruz West to $372 at Chaminade Resort & Spa.
Networks vary by property: Tesla at Chaminade and Holiday Inn Express, ChargePoint at Hampton Inn, Loop at Howard Johnson, EVCS at Courtyard, and evGateway at La Quinta. Two properties restrict charging to guests only.
6 hotelswith charging data, ranked by guest score, photo coverage, and how much charging detail we hold for each property. Every listing is date-stamped; anything we couldn't confirm stays off the page.
Guests score it 8.7 across 1,230 reviews, Level 2 charging is on site, and rooms start at $242 a night.
Guests score it 8.3 across 594 reviews, Level 2 charging is on site, and rooms start at $210 a night.
Guests score it 8.2 across 441 reviews, Level 2 charging is on site, and rooms start at $217 a night.
The rest of the list (3), same ranking
Charging data on booking sites is wrong often enough that we check it ourselves, property by property.
The NREL national charger registry, filtered to hotels, is the backbone of every listing.
Pricing, access and conditions confirmed on each hotel's own site where published.
Every listing shows the month we last updated it. Anything unconfirmed is left off, never guessed.
Chaminade Resort & Spa, Holiday Inn Express & Suites-Santa Cruz list Tesla destination charging. Non-Tesla EVs need a NACS adapter for these, and access is often guests-only, so confirm at booking.
4 of the 6 listed hotels report chargers open to the public; the rest are guests-only or unconfirmed. Access is shown on each hotel page, so confirm at booking.
Yes: every Tesla ships with a J1772 adapter. The reverse needs care: non-Tesla EVs need a NACS adapter for Tesla Destination chargers, and availability at the front desk varies by hotel.
Each listing shows the month we last updated it. Anything we couldn't confirm is left off the page rather than guessed. Charger hardware, pricing, and access rules do change without much notice, so confirm with the hotel when you book.
